CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 3.1 INTRODUCTION Every joints at our body are very important for us to make a movement. Problem related to joint must be prevented as early as possible. Joint hypermobility one example of the problem related to joint and can give long term effect (Bird & Barton, 1993). Joint hypermobility also known as hypermobility syndrome, benign hypermobility syndrome, articular hypermobility, joint laxity and joint hyper laxity (Russek, 1999). It is generally defined as range of movement is greater than normal and increase mobility or looseness of the joint (Wolf, Cameron, & Owens, 2011, Engelsman, Klerks, & Kirby, 2010) According to Russek (1999), as health teams, some knowledge regarding this condition must be spread to …show more content…
Joint hypermobile has been reported in 0.6% to 31.5% of adults which is selected without joint pain or others medical conditions. It also depending on ethnicity, age, and criteria for assessing joint hypermobility. (Russek 1999, Beighton, et al. 1973). However, joint hypermobility can be observe generally happen during childhood and diminish after growing older. But, sometime in certain condition, this hypermobility remain until adult. Furthermore, it is also noted that this syndrome is more prevalent among female than among males (Table …show more content…
As stated by Gabbey and Minnis (2017), joint hypermobility can appear due to the structural factors such as the depth of the joint sockets or the bone shape. Other than that, muscle tone and strength also can be related with this condition. Reduce the ability to sense how far the muscles are stretch which is a poor sense of proprioception and having a family history of hypermobile also can increase chance for a person to get joint hypermobility. In some cases, joint hypermobility appear with underlying disease or medical condition. For example in Down syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Marfan